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~i REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />River <br />To Item Number <br />Ci Council 3.6. <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent November 19, 2007 Tina Allard, Ci Clerk <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Consider Restated Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator <br />Administration of Cable Communications Systems Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />Approve Restated Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of Cable Communications <br />Systems (Agreement). <br />Background/Discussion <br />Elk River belongs to the Sherburne/Wright County Cable Communications Commission (Commission). <br />There aze 1D member cities that aze part of the Commission who entered into a Joint and Cooperative <br />Agreement for administering a cable communications system. The Commission felt the Agreement <br />needed to be updated fox the following reasons: <br />^ The original Agreement only addressed the administration of member city franchises by one cable <br />operator. Lately there have been some communities in Minnesota receiving requests fox <br />competitive cable franchises. The Commission wanted to clarify that any possible future <br />franchises by a member city would be required to fall under the umbrella of the Commission. <br />^ The original Agreement only addressed franchise fees. The cities now receive PEG fees. (A cable <br />operator must provide PEG access facilities, which aze public, educational, and governmental <br />programming channels). The Restated Agreement clarifies that these PEG fees and any additional <br />payments paid by a cable operator must go to the Cable Commission. <br />^ Minor language cleanup. <br />The Agreement does not requite the city to use the Commission to negotiate any future franchises; it <br />would be at the option of the city. All fees would be required to gn to the Commission and all franchise <br />agreements should be the same. <br />Attachments <br />^ Letter from Cable Commissioner Chair Phil Kern <br />^ Redline copy of restated agreement <br />Action Motion by _ Second by _ Vote <br />Follow Up <br />S:\Cound\Cleck\Cable Commission\Restated Memo to CC.doc <br />